Singularity

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William Sleator: Singularity (1997, Peter Smith Publisher)

Hardcover

English language

Published July 9, 1997 by Peter Smith Publisher.

ISBN:
978-0-8446-6903-8
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OCLC Number:
51504776

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5 stars (4 reviews)

Sixteen-year-old twins Harry and Barry stumble across a gateway to another universe, where a distortion in time and space causes a dramatic change in their competitive relationship.

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4 stars

Harry and Barry are twins, temporarily staying at their recently-deceased great-uncle's farm when they discover something strange about the backyard shed. 

Harry is content being a twin, he's more bothered by how vocally Barry seems to hate being his twin. This tension drives a very drastic choice Harry makes late in the book. Their relationship revolves around meager attempts at bonding followed by bullying in various forms. There's a neighbor girl who exists mostly as an outsider to verify that what they think is happening has actually happened. She serves to shift the balance of power between them (usually in Barry's favor) rather than having an endless back-and-forth of the kind it seems they had at home.

The worldbuilding is well done, a bunch of little things early on end up having a pretty cool answer, fitting together in a great way. I like the plot, but the ending has …

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Subjects

  • Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic
  • Fiction
  • Children's Books - Young Adult Fiction
  • Science fiction
  • Twins
  • Children's Books - Young Adult
  • Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)